Dorothy Josephine Schriver, GW #165 

Dorothy was born on 19 June 1913 in Elk County, Pennsylvania to Louis A. and Ethel (Horning) Schriver.  The family moved around a bit and lived in Clearfield County, Pennsylvania for a while.  It is unknown how Dorothy learned about the Gospel Workers.  By 1930 Dorothy was with the Gospel Workers in Cleveland and was listed as 15 years old.  She continued with the Gospel Workers at least until 1940 where she was listed with them in the census in Cleveland, and she reports she had eight years of school.  Before 1950 her parents had divorced, both remarried, and Dorothy left the Gospel Workers.  She is living with her father and step-mother in Centre County, Pa. and is their housekeeper.  On 19 November 1952 Dorothy married farmer Joseph H. Peter of Beech Creek, Pa.   They enjoyed 37 years of married life by the time of Joseph’s death in 1989.   Dorothy died on 7 June 2001 and is buried next to her husband in the cemetery of Blanchard Church of Christ in Blanchard, Pa.